Relationship of incisor size to diet and anterior tooth use in sympatric sumatran anthropoids

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-156

  Ungar, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Incisor size; Ingestive behavior; Primate diets

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRESBYTIS THOMASI; PRIMATES;

EID: 0000724481     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1996)38:2<145::aid-ajp3>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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